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bumtrap

bumtrap noun: a bailiff.

Noun

bumtrap (plural bumtraps)

  1. (obsolete, rare, slang) A bailiff.
    • The noble bumtrap, blind and deaf to every circumstance of distress, greatly rises above all the motives to humanity, and into the hands of the gaoler resolves to deliver his miserable prey.1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 215

Forms of bumtrap

pluralbumtraps

Origin of bumtrap

From bum (“bumbailiff”) + trap.

Questions about bumtrap

What does bumtrap mean?
Bumtrap means a bailiff.
What part of speech is bumtrap?
Bumtrap is a noun.
What is the plural of bumtrap?
The plural of bumtrap is bumtraps.

Words near bumtrap in the dictionary

  1. bumsters
  2. bumsucker
  3. bumsuckers
  4. bumtastic
  5. Bumthang
  6. bumtrap
  7. bumtraps
  8. bumwad
  9. bumwads
  10. bun
  11. bun drop

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